Sophie and Emi were sharing Emi's snacks today at playgroup. You can hardly make it out in this picture, but Emi wears a cute little neclace that she loves. She is one of Sophie's favorite play pals. In the background with the white blonde hair is Amelia, she is adorable too!

This afternoon Dave and I took Sophie to Ida Lee Recreation center which is just up the road from us. We thought she might like to take a dip in the pool. This is her checking out the other children swimming and splashing.
















Their children's pool is set up to gradually get deeper, like a beach, so she was able to wade right in slowly!











She loved to stomp and splash!


















It was very warm in the pool but her little lips were purple and her teeth were chattering. She still was happy to just watch the other kids swim and play. I think she wanted to play with them!

We got to NY on Friday night and this is Dave bright and early on Saturday morning!! Doesn't he look great? I tell ya I am so proud of him!!

Sophie fell in love at the aquarium with the baby that follows her around in all of the mirrors!

Sophie took a nap while we kept looking! This is in the 'Australia' section.

It's hard to get across how cute she was at this moment, but she was dancing to the music playing at the exhibit. She was really getting her little hips going!

Daddy and Sophie in the Rain forest. Sophie wanted to get down and walk to try to find the sloth, but we didn't think it was a good idea.

Sophie petting the turtle swimming right under her hand!

Dave, Sophie and I spent Mother's Day at the aquarium in Baltimore. We had a wonderful time. It was a great first Mother's Day for me!

It's official! She's a mobile unit! This is Sophie at the picnic on Saturday. I have met a lot of moms here and we always get together, but we thought it would be nice if our husbands met, so we had a picnic with the papas!















Sophie wanted to wear her party dress!


















Look at the clodhopper shoes she has! We went on Friday and got them at striderite. (double wides!)

Sophie loves the weekends when Daddy is home!

Sophie loves tractors and wanted to sit on the ones at frying pan park. After sitting on the small one, she pointed that she wanted to try the larger one!

















"This is sooo much better! I can get my crops tended in half the time with this baby!"

Dave had fun playing with the auto timer on the camera while Sophie ate lunch!

Part of being a mom, I'm learning, is that even though they can't talk...they have subtle ways of letting you know what they are thinking. Like for instance in this picture - you might not recognize it, but as her mother I can sense that she does NOT WANT ANY MORE PEACHES!!

After watching the horses for a little while, Sophie had a picnic lunch!



















I want to hold the washcloth!!

Sophie loves her Daddy!

Last weekend we went to frying pan park and they were having a steeplechase competition. (I think that is what it is called when the horses and riders jump all of those little fences) Sophie and Daddy were enthralled!

Sophie loves cats and dogs and she got some quality time bonding with Nicole and Nolan's cat during playgroup.

Mom and I took Sophie to "frying pan park" to see the baby animals there and to have a picnic. By far, Sophie enjoyed pushing her little cart on the grass much more than anything else we did that day. She was having so much fun that she even kept on her "hello kitty!" hat that my mother bought her (for 5 minutes at least).

This is Sophie giving her "sign" for bird at the park. I pinch my fingers in front of my nose like a beak when we hear or see birds, but all she does is point at her nose. Unfortunately, once she has her finger there she usually just starts exploring and so whenever she hears or sees a bird she starts picking her nose!

Grandma came to visit and Sophie had so much fun playing with her! She loves to walk, walk, walk! You can see the big fat frog that grandma bought Sophie in the second picture. Sophie loves to poke it in the eyes before she gives it a hug.

This is Sophie at the playground doing her silly smile where she scrunches up her nose and sniffs!

We were leaving a playgroup at Pat's house and I had to dig through my bag to find my car keys, so I just sat Soph in the back seat with a "wagon wheel" to munch on while I rummaged. She looked so cute sitting there with her lion that I took her picture. Doesn't she look like she's thinking "why don't you get a purse mom!"

Sophie is just like her mom and grandmom...she loves her corn on the cob!